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EVERYDAY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commonplace and ordinary
Example:
the familiar everyday world
Classified under:
Similar:
familiar (within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange)
Derivation:
everydayness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
Example:
everyday clothes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
informal (not formal)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Found in the ordinary course of events
Example:
there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
Synonyms:
everyday; mundane; quotidian; routine; unremarkable; workaday
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
ordinary (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree)
Derivation:
everydayness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
Context examples:
Everyday stresses can cause changes in your child's behavior.
(Child Mental Health, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
They persist and interfere with your everyday life.
(Depression, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
Hundreds of everyday products contain latex.
(Latex Allergy, NIH)
A rating scale of 36 everyday tasks that measures self-reported manual ability.
(Manual Ability Measure-36, NCI Thesaurus)
People with personality disorders have trouble dealing with everyday stresses and problems.
(Personality Disorders, NIH)
If you become anxious and extremely self-conscious in everyday social situations, you could have a social phobia.
(Phobias, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
In this form of psychotherapy, symbols from the patient's verbalizations, dreams, and interactions are interpreted for meaning in their everyday lives.
(Interpretive Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
An unpleasant memory or idea that occurs often in a person’s everyday thoughts and keeps him or her from thinking about other things.
(Interfering thought, NCI Dictionary)
The problems are usually life-long, and can affect everyday living.
(Developmental Disabilities, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Everyday sources of EMFs include: • Power lines • Electrical wiring • Microwave ovens • Computers • Cell phones
(Electromagnetic Fields, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
